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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-25

PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW.
member il great deal longer than he
will the more important episodes of his
later life. And know nein particular
who will always remember his boyish
debut in the fishing line-I mean Tad
I,ln..nn
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-25

Look over your supply of job
printing and sec If you are not short
of something, 1t so, bring your order
around and get job that you will be
pr oud of.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
THE FARMERS's;'C CONVENTION
u d. "A GREENSBORO. &

We expect a large meeting of the
farmers from all sections of the State
at Greensboro on the 18th of January.
We expect a most interesting meeting.
We expect that important matters
will be discussed. We expect i'm.
portant action to be taken. We ex.
pect a good time with the brethren.
The railroads haye. instructed their
agents to sell round trip tickets at re-
duced rates and the. hotels and board
ing houses have put their prices from
IS cents to $3.50 per day. President
Carr's call has been extensively pub
lished by the papers of the State.
Read the, cards in this issue from Sec
rotary B. F., Hester and make up,your
mind to be- there If you have not
done SO, cali meeting at once Of the
farmers of your county and appoint a
goodly number of them to 60 and
represent your county. Read what
the Wilmington Star says of this AS
ISOLATION
It is an Association intended for
their benefit. It is their Association.
1t ought to be largely attended. The
farmers have not been pulling to-
gether. They have been often In
justly treated by law makers, and by
political parties, Legislation has often
been hostile to their interest as in the
case of a gigantic crushing, robbing
war tariff. They should meet, con-
suit, and combine for the protection
and furtherance of their own interests.
There will be a Farmers Institute
held at Greensboro during the meet
ing"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
TO M ALLIANCES.

= The work of sending out charters out
fits, blanks &c. to Alliances organized
since the formation of our State Alliance
has been unavoidably delayed by the in
ability of the Alliance Publishing House
ito meet the heavy demand made upon it.
I obtained a limited number however and
have been sending them out as rapidly as
possible. We are deficient in Rituals and
State Constitutions, but hope to be sup
piled in a few days. I will mail charters
to all Alliances not supplied as reported to
me, in a few days.
| have mailed to all the Secretaries of
the Subordinate and county Alliances that
are recorded in this office the necessary
blanks for making their quarterly reports.
Secretaries of Subordinate Alliances
where no county Alliance has been organ
ized,' well make their report direct to this
Office. AS the regular quarterly meeting
of the county Alliances will be held on
the first Friday in January, I would
urge. on all Secretaries of Subordinate
Alliances the Importance and necessity of
making their reports to their county Sec
retaries-in due time as prescribed by law.
,z,sx ~Fraternally, 50
l.. l.. Polk,
nfo q see'y N. c. F. 8. Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
FLOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

HAwKINsv1LLE, Ca, Nov. 81, '87.
Your paper is received regularly
and read with pleasure. l am glad to
see the farmers Of North Carolina
aroused and combining. Combination
is the watch-word; through and by it
only, can the farmers of this country,
expect to be freemen. Many express
the opinion that they will soon die out
as did the Oranges, and that combina-
ton among farmers is impossible. But
I hope not, and I have hope from the
fact that there has never been the
necessity for combination as exists to-
day. I wish you success with your
paper: I want to see n like it in
Georgia truly farmers paper, hav-
ing at interest the. farmers welfare,
not merely an interest in him to the
amount of his subscription. =
Your friend and subscriber,
J. P. Brown.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
ALLIANCE NOTES.

All the County Alliances in the
State will hold their regular quarterly
meeting on the first Friday in January.
Jones County Alliance will meet on
the 3lst inst. The members of the
order in that section of the State are
fully alive and truly in earnest.
The members of the Wake County
Alliance Secretaries Association are
requested to meet in Raleigh on Fri
day, the 3Oth inst, at II o'clock m.
Brethren, examine proceedings an
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER of Nov
Sd, and learn your.duty, and act &C.
cordingly. W. B. SMITH, Prest..
We have received an interesting
letter from Bro. J. A. Davis, Secre-
tary of Sparta Alliance, organized by
Bro. Elliott last week. Too late for
this issue will appear next week.
Elias Carr, President /; j. j. Battle,
Vice-President. No better material
in any Alliance in the State. Edge
combe will now step to the front.
The observance of the instructions
contained in the Working Bulletin for
Alliances, issued from this Office, is
essential to uniformity and efficiency
in our order. Alliances not having
received them will apply Immediately
through their secretary. They take
the place of those issued by the Ma
tional Alliance prior to our State
organization. "
y We now have reported to this Office
22l Farmers Alliances in this State
and we have only partially organized
fifteen counties. These counties will
run the number to at least three hun
dred Alliances. We have now %
organizers in the field and hope to
add as many more within the next
thirty days. Reports are most en-
couraging and gratifying as to the
progress of the work. #~.soa r2N
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
AUBURN
AURURN, N. c., Dec. 8, 1887

AURuRN, N. c., Dec. 3, 1887.
take great pleasure in occupying
a little space in the columns of your
valuable paper. Our Alliance is still
growing. The farmers in this section
are beginning to realize the benefits
of the Alliance. There r but few
outside of the Alliance in this vicinity.
We now number Sc members, all Of
which, / think, means business. In
fact, the progressive members of the
progressive Auburn Alliance take
pleasure in telling their brother farm
ers of their progressive growth through
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. The erec-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22

W. W, 9 " E=T-
ton of the lodge is still in progress.
We. expect in a short time to have q
nice hall erected, which will not only
be an honor to the Auburn Alliance,
but to the community, and also to the
little village in which it is located.
Why is it that we do not read more
reports from our sister Alliances :? In
the last issue of The FARMER, I did
not read a single report from our
brother secretaries. What is the
matter, brethren p Let us hear from
you" We take great pleasure in read
ing your letters, and l am sure THE
PRoGREss1vE FARMER would be proud
to have your reports inserted within
its columns. Hoping to read a great
number Of reports in the next issue. I,
am, a F~raternally yours,
m' 5:,SELL1E M. SMITH, s,,s.
Sec'y Auburn Alliance, No.4l.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
WILL NOT HAVE A POLITICIAN

NoRFeLK, Va, Dec. l3.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was sent this evening
by the State Grange to Lieutenant
Governor Massey, and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives at Rich
mond: 1.-The State Grange of Vir-
ginia, now in session, protests emphat-
ically and unanimously against the ac-
ton of the Legislature in displacing
a farmer by a politician as Cammis.
sioner of Agriculture, and we demand
that this outrage upon the farmers of
Virginia be righted. - z
CHARLTER, MAsTR-
THos. S. Stone, Secretary"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22

The Richmond & Danville railroad
will sell reduced rate round-trip tickets
for the Christmas holidays. These
tickets will be on sale December 22d,
23d, oath and 25th, good to return
until and including January I'd, 1888.
Also on December Doth to 3lst, good
to return until and including January
5th, 1888. The round-trip between
Raleigh and Charlotte in either direc-
ton will be Sc. =
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
GFor THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

The Auburn Dramatic Society viii
not give any entertainments during
the Christmas holidays, as many 'ex.
pected. They expected to entertain
the people of Garner, Clayton and
Auburn during Christmas week, but
cannot, on account of the absence of
some of its members. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22
TOBACCO MARKET

RALEIGH-Reported by T. B. Moseley, Manager
Stronach's Warehouse.
Our receipts for the past week were unusually
heavy and high prices prevailed during all Of the
sales, with little or no kicking on the part Of the
pressed Themselves delighted with the sales. Con-
siderable advance in all grades OF Hllerr. Below /
ouofafione @wrk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
COLONEL JoHNsoN,s PROPOSITION.

Colonel Johnsons proposition to the Coun-
Gil and Board of Aldermen is impudent and
Characteristic Beth bodies have passed upon
the question of his right to occupy Central
avenue and Mississippi street, and have or
dered him to remove his tracks Immediately.
The order was peremptory. and should have
been obeyed before this time. Instead OF
obeying it he comes before the Council with
proposition to leave matters in statu quo until
November 1888. He acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the order in one breath, and defes it
in the next, proposing to the Council that,
instead of removing the tracks on the streets
above named, they be left undisturbed until
November, 1888, which he designates as the
expiration of the time allowed the cable com
pany to occupy said streets. And he plainly
occupy said streets by that time that
the johnson company will continue
to do so. Finally, Colonel johnson informs
the Council that he has no doubt of the legal
right of his company to occupy the streets
named, and that his proposition is made as a
matter OF courtesy we say again IL is lmpu-
dent and characteristic. Colonel Johnson's
present duty is to obey the order of the Coun-
Gil. He has nothing to do with the cable
company, and it is no concern of his whether
they occupy the streets or not If they do
not build their line within the time specified
in the charter the Council will know how to
deal with them. Colonel Johnson is not called
upon to anticipate any contingency that may
occur in November, 1888, nor to inform the
Council what he is willing to do in view of
certain possibilities. His proposition is one
to gain time. It's acceptance by the Council
would be a victory for Colonel Johnson, and
would add another to the many instances
where he has outwitted the Council and defed
the wishes of the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

court. It is due. since this affair has been
brought up. state that Colonel Reynolds
and Colonel Dowd, counsel for the pris-
oners from the first did their utmost to keep
tho prisoners in their places and also to
suppress the disturbances The next morning,
after the court had been adjourned, the judge
went to the courtroom. He sick. and said
he was exhausted and did not feel like holding
court, and entered an order which reads some
thing like this Whereas. a most disgraceful
scene has occurred in the United States Court,
in which L. @. c. Lamar the actor, and,
while he has made ample apology to myself per-
sonally for the outrage committed. yet as am
the representative of great government, and
the dignity of the courts should be preserved,
It is deemed proper and necessary that his name
should be stricken from the list of attorneys"
General Lamar was disbarred from practice two
weeks He apologized to the marshal for what
he had done, said he very sorry, and he
also apologized in open court to the judge.
After he had been disbarred two weeks moved
his readmssion, and he was admitted to prac-
tice
At the next election. Professor Lamar's desire
to re-enter political life gratifed. And now
his friends plead for his elevation to the Supreme
Bench of the United States account of his
mild and judicial temperament.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

Mr.. JACOB SHARP, now on trial for an at
tempt to bride New York aldermen, is evil
IDENTIFY very sick man, if all accounts are to
be believed. He is seventy years of age, and
excitement and anxiety over the trial have
broken him down. The attempt to secure
sympathy for him, however, on account of
confinement in Ludlow-street Jail, ought not
TO prove successful. He is in jail, to be sure,
but his surroundings have very little to sug
gest prison life. His room-the same Tweed
Dnce occupied-is large and luxuriously furn-
lshed, he is supplied with every comfort, and
is attended by his wife and daughter. Men
much less comfortably situated have recovered
from ailments quite as threatening, and should
Mr.. Sharp not rally it can hardly be said that
Jail life killed him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
An Incident of Stone River.

Letter from r. B. Oglesbse.
During the war, at the battle Murfrees
boro. confederate soldier named Smith shot a
Union soldier. who charging little in ad.
vance of his company with great bravery and
recklessness The confederate. seeing that the
Union soldier fell, out of his ranks to HIM
and remained few minutes until he died.
though the Union men. thinking perhaps be was
robbing the dying man, kept hot FIRE playing
about him.
The confederate soldier found the wounded
man. when he came up to him, looking at a pho
tograph of his two children. boy and girl. who
he said were Willie and Jennie Osborn. and
lived northern Indiana At Osborns request
Smith took the bundle OF papers and
the photograph after death occurred, IN
order to send them TO the family, but Smith was
excited in the action and forgot the name of the
town, and being afterward mortaily wounded.
lie left the package with man who lives about
twelve miles from Murfreesboro. who still has
the package. The word ..LaPorte" is written
the papers and when / was told of the circum.
stance by man who is related Smith and
knows all about the affair concluded that II
Osborn was not himself a LaPor.e man, proba.
bly, those of that name in LaPorte would recoc-
nize him by the name of his children and eaabls
them TO receive the package.
Any person knowing the above-named per
sons requested tonotify James E. Houghton
of Plymouth. Ind, or George c. Dorland, o.
LaPorte. Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

it could be called game, indicates that if
men expect to be fit for any sort of work in
the day time they must not spend their nights
in dissipation and debauchery. Professional
baseball players are not supposed to be models
of moral and intellectual culture, but they are
somewhat dependent for support on public
patronage and if they expect to get this they
should cultivate some regard for the decencies
of life. The time seems to have arrived for
the management of the home club to apply
some very severe discipline.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
COM MENT AND OPINION.

AN American Pope that would excommuni-
cate Henry George would fill a long felt want.
Louisville Commercial
Mrs. CLEVELAND and Colonel Dan Lamont
are both on duty again, and the public will have
more confidence in the Observation-Disclosures
Inter Ocean.
CLEVELAND is the candidate of the South"
says Southern paper. They had better keep it
quiet, for if it becomes too we'll known it will
not help him at the North.-Chicago Journal.
THE people of Kentucky need to be educated
in the principles of civilized humanity. and only
when this is accomplished will the Craig Toli
vers of the State disappear from her borders.
New York Times
WHATEVER of bitterness. animosity and dis
sension have been stirred up by the le-fiag
folly is chargeable directly to Grover Cleveland.
The Southern people know this, and they will
not forget it.-Philadelphia Press.
IF Hawaii should be forced to seek refuge in
a protectorate, the United States, the nation
holding most intimate relations with that island.
would be likely to dictate the new form of gov
eminent for Kalakauas subjects. Philadelphia
Record.
IF some of wage-earners who want the
earth would discuss the proper method of getting
more wages and saving part of them with their
wives. we might get real revelation on this
subject. Women have good ideas about anti
poverty society.-New York Herald
THESE expressions Of a kind of hero worship
for noted criminals show a most unhealthy pub
lie opinion. It grows with a growing tolerance
for crime, at the same time making conviction
and punishment more OlfnculE. IneF6 Is a grew
Gus wrong somewhere, and the students of social
science should set to work to discover ir.-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
IT is interesting to observe that in addition to
the gold product of our own mines-$40. 600. 600
a year-we are actually gaining gold from
abroad-our imports last year exceeding our ex-
ports S., 1854, 900. With money volume of ST.
900, 900. 600 which is steadily increasing, large
grain crop in sight and good export trade, the
! country may be said the chief ele
! ments of a very prosperous condition.-St. Louis
| Republican.
WHILE it is not desired to prevent or forbid
! the of any fairly decent, self supporting
| and law abiding immigrant there is an impera-
| tive demand being formulated by all classes that
! the criminal the political agitator. the COM
| munist, nihist and dynamiter, and the pauper,
| and insane shall be weeded out and returned to
the country and the government responsible for
| them. Better still. it, heretofore suggested,
/ the weeding-out process be enforced on the other
! side.-Chicago Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

IN talking about the conflict of labor with
capital, Mr. John Swinton is qualified to
speak with authority. After many years spent
in the service of capital" as represented by
New York newspapers, Mr.. Swinton took his
own accumulated savings and invested them
in a paper whose chief object was to benefit
the laboring classes. Naturally enough he
supposed that "1abor" would rally to the sup
port of this organ. but, a matter of fact, it
did nothing of the kind. Whether Mr.. Swim
tons possession Of enough money to start
paper classed him hated capitalist in the
minds of those he wished to help, or whether
labor does not desire to be assisted, are points
that have not been settled but at all events,
the beneficiary proved ungrateful, and a
result the benevolent editor, with all his saw
ings lost, is compelled to return to the en-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
WONDERFUL ENGINEERING FEAT.
A 16O-Ton Iron Railroad Bridge Moved Fifty
Feet to New Piers Between Trains.


16O-Ton Iron Railroad Bridge Moved Fifty
Feet to New Piers Between Trains.
Philadelphia Special
Two thousand persons saw wonderful achieve
ment of engineering skill at Holmesburg juno
ton on the New York division OF the Pennsvl-
yania railroad, to-day. Thirty two men moved
a distance of fifty feet the iron bridge. weighing
100 tons, that spans the Pennypack, and they &C
com plshed the great task in the remarkably
short time of eleven and one-half minutes Some
time ago the company decided to build four
arched stone bridge in place OF the iron structure
over the big creek. The iron bridge had to be
moved westward fifty feet that it might be used
until the stone bridge is builtand ready for serv-
ice The removal of the bridge had to be done
between the running of fast trains
Six weeks ago the men began the big under
taking with the building of trestle approaches to
both sides of the creek at the point where the
iron bridge was to be placed A carriage-way
was built for the bridge, and rails laid which
it was to slide, and 'crabs." or windlasses, with
iron chains, were placed in position. Every man
was at his post. and the great throng of people
was watching with eager interest, when the
whistle of the fast line" was heard. The train
Numbered over the bridge seven minutes late.
Then Superintendent Ford gave the word to
his army of laborers, and they began to tear up
rails and cut away the fastenings of the bridge.
The bridge had sooner been released than
Master Mechanic Meshon gave the signal and
thirty-two men began to wind the CRABS" IS
the bridge began to slowly move men went in
front of it. pouring oil over the creased rails
Superintendent Crawford and others held
watches IN LDelr EdnoS as Tie DIX iron StruCluro
moved smoothly toward the end of the trestle
At one time the eastern end began to lag, but 1t
was only for a few moments. and soon the bridge
slid the rails foot by foot to its new resting
place without mishap. and in the brief period
of III minutes, while mighty roar went up
from the people.
The workmen on both sides of the creek then
tore up and laid down frogs switches and sleep
ers and moved the rails to the new bed. They
soon had the rails connected with the two tracks
en- the bridge A half hour after the bridge had
hoo Ont OnSa a construction
run over the structure, and at 1919 the Phila-
deiphia express dashed across it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

ploy of grasping and oppressive capital again
in order to supply the needs of his family. 1t
may occur to him that capital, even when
owned by another man, is a good thing to fall
back on in emergencies; but the dissipation of
some of his theories in the furnace of expert
ence not unreasonably fills his soul with grief
and causes him to prophesy darkly of the
future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

Mr.. WILLIAM CHRISTIE, of Lexington,
KY, whose death is announced, was connected
in responsible position with a bank in that
town for thirty-nine years. and never stole
anything, never tried to gut the bank or form
q corner, never specialized nor overdrew his
account never betrayed trust nor, as far as
known, made dollar dishonesty. This is a
rare record NOWADAYS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

MYSTERIOUS movements on the part of
some of the surviving relatives of the late
Craig Tolliver give rise to apprehensions that
they are quietly organizing to avenge his
memory. The amount of family affection in
some of these old Kentucky families is quite
surprising
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

AN overhauling of the business career of
T. L. Harper, late vice president of the Fidel-
ity National Bank, has disclosed several
crooked transactions that should have raised
doubts of his honesty. But his "cheek" and
the false glamour of success carried him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

1T is noted as an interesting fact that the
biggest head in the graduating class at Bow
doin belongs to the pitcher of the college
nine. There is nothing remarkable about this
Bigheads are not an uncommon possession of
baseball players these sunny summer morn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

Mrs. Brown PoTTERs stage gowns are said
to be very handsome, which is a gratifying cir
cumstance, as is also her entire impartiality to
French and English styles as shown by the
wearing of Paris and London costumes on al
ternate weeks. But has she no American clothesa
That is what the United States public would
like to know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29

THE surviving Tollivers and their friends
having announced determination to "clean
out" the town of Morehead this week, some
kind friends of the travelling public should
follow the example set by the sheriff last week
and warn the conductors of trains when
fight is con" and it is unsafe to run through.